Poland Market Report
HORSE RACING Te first organised races were run in Warsaw in 1841. Historically, there have also been horse races in other cities such as in Krakow, in the second half of the 19th century. Today horse racing is held in Sopot at the Hippodrome track, at the Służewiec track in Warsaw and at the Partynice track in Wrocław. Sopot is a popular coastal resort town located on the Baltic
THE GREY MARKET In 2017 the illegal betting market in Poland stood at around 90 per cent. Te implementation of the newly-amended Gambling Law in 2017 included measures against illegal gambling, and was aimed at reducing it. Te list of websites with illegal gambling games is available on the website
hazard.mf.gov.pl which maintains the Register of Domains Used to Offer Gambling Games Contrary to the Act. Te Register already contains 25,925 blocked websites. However, the grey market is still significant. In October 2024 Poland’s grey market of online casinos gen-
erated nearly PLN 26bn in turnover and over PLN 1bn in revenue in 2023, according to an EY report prepared for the Association for the Liquidation of the Grey Zone of Gaming and Pari-mutuel Betting in Poland ‘Play Legally.’ Te report stated: “According to EY estimates, the value of
revenues in the shadow economy in Poland has grown by nearly PLN 36m in five years alone and amounts to PLN 1bn and PLN 37.5m. Te data collected in the document show that the existence of the shadow economy has significant economic and social consequences. Tey may manifest themselves in a worse situation of the public finance sector, distortion of competition on the market, degradation of institutions and weakening of economic growth.” In May 2023, STS and Fortuna released a joint statement ad-
dressing the continued presence of the grey market in the country’s gambling industry. Tey noted that while the share of the market being lost to unlicensed operators has declined in recent years due to the rapid growth of the licensed sector, the actual amount of money spent in the grey market has continued to increase. STS president Mateusz Juroszek emphasised that the legal
sector has long advocated for stricter enforcement against com- panies operating outside Polish law, including more effective blocking of illegal websites and payments to them. Between May 12 and 15, both operators replaced their branding in sports leagues and teams, including the top-flight Polish football league, Polski Ekstraklasa, with the slogan “Play Legally” as part of a campaign promoting legal gambling. In addition, they called for a reduction in Poland’s 12 per cent gaming tax, one of the highest rates in Europe.
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Sea. Horse racing has been organized at the resort for nearly a hundred years. Horse racing only take place over two weekends in July and is popular with tourists. Te facility in Sopot was es- tablished at the end of the 19th century and today it also serves as the venue for numerous outdoor events throughout the year. Racecourse Tor Sluzewiec opened in 1939 and is one of the
oldest tracks in Europe where horse racing is still held. It’s a huge complex with an area of 138 hectares with grandstands, main race track and park. In 2024 the Warsaw track hosted 46 race days. Te Partynice Hippodrome is one of the most popular places
in Wrocław and is the only track in Poland that organizes steeplechases. it welcomes over 100 thousand visitors a year. It hosts races, horse riding lessons, equestrian competitions, and outdoor events. Partynice has grown recently partly due to the Great Partynice Stakes (hurdle races) and Great Wroclaw Chase (steeplechase). It opened in 1907 and since 2013 it has included thoroughbred racing. In 2016 the track became part of the Crystal Cup European Cross Country Challenge which brings together the finest international horses and riders to reward the most successful stable in cross country steeple chasing. Totalizator Sportowy also offers betting on horse racing via
retail and the online version Traf Online to enable bets to be placed online including, among others, races from Tor Sluzewiec. In 2008 Totalizator Sportowy became the Patron of the Służewiec Horse Racing Track under a multi-year lease. Totalizator Sportowy has horse race betting points located throughout Poland. It launched online horse race betting in 2019.
LOTTERIES Today Totalizator Sportowy has a network of over 26,000 points of sale. In April Scientific Games and Totalizator Sportowy, an- nounced that they had extended their current agreement and would continue bringing the company’s instant scratch games to players in Poland. From 2020 to 2023, sales of scratch games in Poland grew by 39 per cent. Totalizator Sportowy is among the top-performing instant game lotteries in Europe. Scientific Games has provided instant games to Totalizator Sportowy for more than 20 years. From 2020 to 2023, sales of scratch games in Poland grew by 39 per cent.
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